And let's not forget that patent lawsuit that's still not settled between the two over mobile royalties.
Though once appraised almost exclusively based on their royalty streams, mobile-related patents now command healthy strategic premiums.
Faith West is bundling a library of 125 royalty-free mobile game audio sound effects to help developers get started.
In 2009, it fined the company $207 million for charging higher royalties to mobile phone makers that had also purchased modem chips from its competitors.
Although Knott received nothing for the 1998 Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow remake, A Perfect Murder, which was slickly updated to include a mobile phone, he enjoyed the royalties of the play, which is constantly revived around the world.
The software giant, it thundered, was guilty of "anti-competitive behaviour" in demanding royalties from makers of mobile devices (such as the Nook, Barnes & Noble's e-reader) that used Android, Google's open-source mobile operating system.
We would note that Arm's new licenses are for lower volume applications which are likely to lack the magnitude of royalties from the traditional mobile market.
Most of these countries, however, do impose domestic taxes on "mobile" corporate income like interest and royalties, and some countries also impose domestic taxes on corporate income earned in tax havens in which companies pay little or no tax.
The company, based in San Diego, is also brawling with Apple, a major client, over royalties that it collects on mobile gadgets.
Qualcomm charges patent royalties for its technology to mobile phone manufacturers.
